MORPHOLOGY

I. Devide these words by placing a + between their separate morphemes:

a. Retroactive

b. Endearmentt

c. Unpalatable

d. Boyishness

e. undesireablity

II. Below are some data from samoan

- Manao = "he wishes" Manamao "they wish"

- Matua = "he is old" Matutua "they are old"

- Malosi = "he is strong" Malolosi "they are strong"

- Pemou = "he bends" Punonou "they bend"

- Atamaki = "he is wise" Atamamaki "they are wise"

- Savali = "he traveis" Pepese "they sing"

- Laga = "he weaves"

a. What is the samoan for:

1. They weave

2. They trave!

3. He sings

b. Formulate a general statement (a morphological rule) that states how to form the plural
verb form from the singular verb form.

III. List 5 suffixes and prafixes morphemes. Give their meaning, the types of stems they be
suffixed to, and twe examples of each :
1. Devide these words by placing a + between their separate morphemes, give the meaning
and stem type :

1. morphologically

2. televised

3. impasibility

4. lightening

5. monolingualism

2. Analyze this language data by answering the questions below :

Ewe English

uwa ye xa amu "The chief looked at a child."

uwa ye xa ufi "The chief looked at a tree."

uwa xa ina ye "A chief looked at the picture."

amu xa ina “A chief looked af a picture."

amu ye vo ele ye "The child wanted the chair."

amu xa ele ye "A child looked at the chair."

ika vo ina ye "A women wanted the picture."

a. The morpheme meaning "the" is.......................

b. The morpheme meaning "a" is : (eircle the correct answer).

(1) xa (2) amu (3) ye (4) none of these

c. List all the other morphemes occurriag in the Ewe sentences above. (Give the Ewe
morpheme and the English "gloss.?”
d. How would you sav in Ewe " the women looked at the tree"

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e. If ago de abo means “A man drank wine." what would the Ewe sentence meaning "A
man wanted the wine" be?